Does anyone know of a site out there that matches up learners of Japanese with native speakers of Japanese (or other learners) via skype or some other application?

Thanks

There are tons of sites like that, but I've never seen a good one. Mixi.jp has some groups for japanese people who want to talk to foreigners etc, but that's mostly aimed at the Japanese IE they want to speak English with you, not Japanese.

http://www.sharedtalk.com is good for text messaging. There's also voice chat.

I use http://www.japancupid.com
We exchange an email then go to MSN IM and do video/voice chatting. I want to practice talking Japanese and typing kanji and they want to practice their English. We make agreements to correct each other's mistakes. Of course it is a dating site but not everyone is there for that.

bodhisamaya Wrote:I use http://www.japancupid.com

And if you do well you get a free visa!

BTW, check also this:

Palabea
In Palabea you can find online and offline language exchanges and virtual classrooms.

The Mixxer

Quote:The Mixxer is a free educational community for language learners and teachers to find a language partner for a language exchange. The language partner is someone who speaks the language you study as their native language and is studying your native language. As a member of the Mixxer community, you can communicate with your language partner via Skype to practice speaking. You can also submit documents and ask native speakers to correct your writing.

MyHappyPlanet

Quote:MyHappyPlanet is the home for people learning languages:

* Send and receive messages with native speakers around the world.
* Learn about cultures and languages through lessons created by our members.
* Watch videos uploaded by our members in multiple languages.

http://www.livemocha.com ... Has training and actively pushes towards making contact with others via chat or voice/video.

http://www.lang-8.com ... Offers correction abilities built right into the site so native speakers can correct you clearly and easily.

sharedtalk.com is great for meeting people to later skype or msn with, i met my fiancee on there.

conversationexchange.com is good for meeting people at like a cafe or something. i had an opportunity to meet 3-4 people through that one.

I think this thread should be sticky...

There's Polyglot:

http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com/

Thanks for all these suggestions. Please keep them coming.

Transtic Wrote:I think this thread should be sticky...

what does sticky mean?

tt4you.com is a language exchange community, I think it is hosted in Korea, but there are many different nationalities on there. There are a lot of young people on there 18 -25, but there are also some older people, I don't get the feeling that it is a hook up site.

canji Wrote:

Transtic Wrote:I think this thread should be sticky...

what does sticky mean?

it means this info should be added to the wiki

cangy Wrote:

canji Wrote:

Transtic Wrote:I think this thread should be sticky...

what does sticky mean?

it means this info should be added to the wiki

There is no wiki.

Jarvik7 Wrote:There is no wiki.

exactly

cangy Wrote:

canji Wrote:

Transtic Wrote:I think this thread should be sticky...

what does sticky mean?

it means this info should be added to the wiki

Whaat?

It means the thread stays at the top of the sub-forum for everyone to see.